Legionella erythra (CCUG 29667, DSM 17644, ATCC 35303)

Name: Legionella erythra (CCUG 29667, DSM 17644, ATCC 35303)
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BacDive ID 6733

Type strain

Strain Designation SE-32A-C8

Culture col. no. CCUG 29667 DSM 17644 ATCC 35303 CIP 103843 NCTC 11977 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 448

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP

History DSMZ <- H. E. Müller, Medizinal-Untersuchungsamt Braunschweig <- ATCC <- G. W. Gorman, CDC; SE-32A-C8 JCM <-- GIFU 11748 <-- ATCC 35303 <-- G. W. Gorman SE-32A-C8. CIP <- 1993, R.F. Benson, CDC: strain SE-32A-C8 <- G.W. Gormann

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Legionella erythra SE-32A-C8 is a microaerophile, Gram-negative, motile bacterium that was isolated from water cooling tower.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped microaerophile genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 40983

ATCC 35303,NCTC 11977,CCUG 29667,CIP 103843,JCM 7564,DSM 17644

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:28

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Legionellales

Family Legionellaceae

Genus Legionella

Species Legionella erythra

Full scientific name Legionella erythra Brenner et al. 1985

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Legionella erythra** (1)	Type strain
149825	L. erythra CCUG 38479

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
119129	negative	rod-shaped
125438	negative		99.394
125439	negative		97.968

Colony morphology

@ref	Incubation period
7106	2-3 days
49703	3 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
7106	BCYE-AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BCYE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585) Composition: OXOID Legionella CYE-Agar base
40809	MEDIUM 23 - for Afipia and Legionella		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Legionella agar (37.000 g);Legionella - enrichment mixture (10.000 ml)
119129	CIP Medium 23	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
7106	positive	growth	37
40809	positive	growth	37
49703	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
7106	microaerophile
125439	facultative anaerobe	90.48

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.881

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68377	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68377	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68377	18257 ChEBI	ornithine	-	degradation	from API NH
68377	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API NH
68377	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API NH

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API NH

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68377	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API NH

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68377	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API NH
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
119129	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68377	lipase	+		from API NH
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
68377	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17	from API NH
119129	oxidase	+
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68377	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	from API NH
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
119129	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API NH

@ref	PEN	GLU	FRU	MAL	SAC	ODC	URE	LIP	PAL	beta GAL	ProA	GGT	IND
7106	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-
7106	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-
7106	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Industrial	#Cooling tower
#Environmental	#Aquatic	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Sampling date
7106	water cooling tower	Seattle	USA	USA	North America
49703	Cooling tower water					1981
67770	Water in cooling tower	Seattle, WA	USA	USA	North America
119129	Environment, Water in cooling tower	Seattle, Washington	United States of America	USA	North America

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence Z32638 (>99% sequence identity) for Legionella from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	438
Soil Samples	154
Animal Samples	55
Plant Samples	35
Total Samples	682

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
7106	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
119129		2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	Leg_erythra_SE-32A-C8.v1 assembly for Legionella erythra SE-32A-C8	scaffold	GCA_900639845	448.8	8114451625	448	62.16
66792	ASM146761v1 assembly for Legionella erythra SE-32A-C8	scaffold	GCA_001467615	448.7	2695420771	448	58.74

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Legionella erythra strain MDC1578 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JF720410	525	448
20218	Legionella erythra 16S rRNA sequence	M36027	1446	448
7106	L.erythra (SE-32A-C8) gene for 16S ribosomal RNA	Z32638	1454	448
67770	Legionella erythra JCM 7564 gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence	LC504041	1467	448

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	51	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Leg_erythra_SE-32A-C8.v1 assembly for Legionella erythra SE-32A-C8
NCBI: GCA_900639845

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	facultative anaerobe	90.48	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	97.97	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	56.53	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.88	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Legionella erythra SE-32A-C8
NCBI: GCA_001467615.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	99.39	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	96.61	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	73.06	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	89.05	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	95.74	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	61.27	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Legionella confirmation using real-time PCR and SYTO9 is an alternative to current methodology.	Giglio S, Monis PT, Saint CP.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.71.12.8944-8948.2005	2005
Enzymology	Development and evaluation of Chlamylege, a new commercial test allowing simultaneous detection and identification of Legionella, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in clinical respiratory specimens by multiplex PCR.	Ginevra C, Barranger C, Ros A, Mory O, Stephan JL, Freymuth F, Joannes M, Pozzetto B, Grattard F.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.43.7.3247-3254.2005	2005
Pathogenicity	Susceptibility of Legionella strains to the chlorinated biocide, monochloramine.	Jakubek D, Guillaume C, Binet M, Leblon G, DuBow M, Le Brun M.	Microbes Environ	10.1264/jsme2.me12205	2013
	Intergenic 16S rRNA gene (rDNA)-23S rDNA sequence length polymorphisms in members of the family Legionellaceae.	Hookey JV, Birtles RJ, Saunders NA.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.33.9.2377-2381.1995	1995
	Compilation of small ribosomal subunit RNA structures.	Neefs JM, Van de Peer Y, De Rijk P, Chapelle S, De Wachter R.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/21.13.3025	1993
Pathogenicity	Cellular fatty acid compositions and isoprenoid quinone contents of 23 Legionella species.	Lambert MA, Moss CW	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.27.3.465-473.1989	1989

References

#7106	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 17644
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#40809	; Curators of the CIP;
#49703	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 29667
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68377	Automatically annotated from API NH .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#119129	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103843
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Legionella erythra (CCUG 29667, DSM 17644, ATCC 35303)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API NH

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900639845

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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